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Watercare Rolls Out Digital Water Meter Solution To Better Service Commercial Properties
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 10:26 am | Spark
New Zealand’s largest water services provider, Watercare has started rolling out smart loggers on water meters for commercial premises in Auckland to better manage water usage across the city, save on manual reads and improve billing accuracy for ... More >>
New Findings Show Smart IoT Technology Is Forecast To Contribute $15.8 Billion To NZ GDP By 2030
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 10:00 am | Spark
New insights into the economic value of Internet of Things (IoT) in New Zealand shows forecast IoT technology growth is expected to contribute $15.8 billion to GDP in New Zealand by 2030.1 The research analysis commissioned by Spark IoT and undertaken ... More >>
Parliamentary Service Welcomes Spark As New Technology Partner
Thursday, 19 January 2023, 11:47 am | Spark
Parliamentary Service is pleased to announce Spark as its new IST (Information, Systems and Technology) technology partner. Spark has been onboarded to ensure they can best support people working in the Parliamentary environment. Parliamentary Service ... More >>
Spark Business Group Awarded 2022 Regional And Global AWS Partner Award
Tuesday, 29 November 2022, 2:10 pm | Spark
Spark Business Group recognized as AWS Innovation Partner of the Year Asia-Pacific and Japan winner, one of many AWS Partners around the globe that help customers drive innovation Spark Business Group is excited to announce it is a recipient of a 2022 ... More >>
Spark Completes Migration To Genesys Cloud CX Contact Centre Platform
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 9:02 am | Spark
Spark optimises contact centre technologies to support transformation of customer experience and Unified Frontline strategy via a best-in-class cloud-based solution from Genesys Spark has completed its migration to the Genesys Cloud CX ™ contact ... More >>
CCL And Spark Business Group Achieves AWS DevOps Competency Status
Monday, 3 October 2022, 10:43 am | Spark
CCL, the hybrid cloud specialist for Spark Business Group, announced today that Spark Business Group has achieved the Amazon Web Service (AWS) DevOps Competency status . This designation recognises that CCL, its cloud consulting business Leaven, ... More >>
Spark Commits To Include Closed Captioning On Advertising And Video Content To Improve Digital Inclusion
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 10:11 am | Spark
Spark New Zealand today announced its commitment to include closed captioning on its audio-visual assets, including TV and digital advertisements, social media video content, and internal videos, to make them more accessible to the over 800,000 New ... More >>
Expert Panel To Front Spark Sport And Three’s Rugby World Cup 2021 Broadcast
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 9:52 am | Spark
Spark Sport and Three’s Rugby World Cup 2021 (RWC2021) coverage will feature an impressive line-up of experienced broadcasters when Aotearoa takes centre stage as host nation in October and November. The extensive coverage across all 10 match days ... More >>
Technology Helps Keep Construction Site Noise, Dust And Vibrations Levels At Bay
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 9:47 am | Spark
Civil infrastructure company Dempsey Wood have turned to the Internet of Things (IoT) technology to help them monitor levels of emissions from noise, dust and vibration in real time that until recently, required on-site manual testing. Construction teams ... More >>
Spark Trials New Zealand’s First End-to-End 5G Standalone Network
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 6:12 am | Spark
First New Zealand mobile network provider to progress the development of its end-to-end 5G standalone network and test ‘true 5G’ Spark has created and run two proof-of-concepts to lay the groundwork for 5G standalone roll out in New Zealand, collaborating with ... More >>
Spark Explores Future Connectivity Options Using 5G MmWave
Thursday, 21 July 2022, 8:11 pm | Spark
Spark has conducted New Zealand’s first rural trial of 5G millimetre wave (mmWave) technology, achieving a peak speed of 2.4 Gbps at a range of 3 km and 1.4 Gbps at an extended range of 7 km. Spark is exploring 5G technology operating in mmWave spectrum ... More >>
Launch Of New Submarine Cable Expands New Zealand’s International Connectivity By Nearly 100%
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 5:24 am | Spark
Southern Cross Cables Limited (“SX”) today announced the launch of its Southern Cross NEXT fibre cable (SX NEXT), creating the largest submarine network connecting Australasia to the US and enhancing connectivity between New Zealand, Australia, ... More >>
Spark Delivers Its First 5G Multi Access Edge Compute Pilot With EnviroNZ
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 11:08 am | Spark
As a first step in developing its Multi Access Edge Compute capabilities, Spark has taken a Qrious-developed AI-powered computer vision pilot for EnviroNZ, the parent company of EnviroWaste, and enhanced it with 5G connectivity and local edge computing ... More >>
Spark Boosts Skinny Jump Data Caps For Digitally Excluded Homes
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:55 am | Spark
Digitally excluded households can now access as much as 225GB for $30 each month – with 15GB free and costs starting at just $5 Pre-Covid, Skinny Jump supported 4,000 homes – in 2022 this number has skyrocketed to 22,000. Eligible students ... More >>
Spark Appoints Patric Balmer As New Managed Security Services Practice Lead
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 10:23 am | Spark
Spark has announced it has appointed Patric Balmer as its new Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) lead for its cyber defence business. Most recently, Patric was General Manager for Cybersecurity GTM at NTT New Zealand. Over a career spanning 24 years, ... More >>
Spark Announces Plans To Evolve New Zealand’s Public Phone Booth Network
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 10:49 am | Spark
Spark has today announced plans to evolve New Zealand’s network of public phone booths, by exploring options to invest in more modern technology and capability for booths in high foot traffic areas, and over a number of years gradually withdrawing ... More >>
Spark Appoints Stephen Ponsford As New CEO For Qrious
Friday, 18 February 2022, 12:33 pm | Spark
Spark announced today it has appointed Stephen Ponsford as the new CEO for its data, analytics, and AI business, Qrious. He succeeds Nathalie Morris, who made the decision to move onto new ventures in October 2021. Stephen has been working as Acting CEO ... More >>
Spark’s New Broadband Line-up Offers Greater Transparency, Simplicity, And More Value For Less
Monday, 11 October 2021, 9:33 am | Spark
Spark has today launched a suite of competitively priced new wireless and fibre broadband plans designed to remove complexity and help customers pick a plan that best suits their households needs, while saving them up to $20 each month for unlimited ... More >>
Spark Removes Broadband Data Caps & Boosts Not-for-profit Service Nationally To Support Kiwis Through Extended Lockdown
Monday, 23 August 2021, 8:08 pm | Spark
Spark today confirmed it will be waiving data overage charges for all customers who are on data-capped fixed and wireless broadband plans[1] and are at risk of not being able to stay connected if they can’t afford to go over their existing data ... More >>
Spark Expands Uncapped Wireless Broadband To Another Half-a-million New Zealanders
Friday, 23 July 2021, 5:42 am | Spark
Spark has opened up its uncapped wireless broadband product, Unplan Metro, to more than half a million households – delivering uncapped connectivity to around 1.2 million New Zealand addresses across urban and rural areas. The expansion means that ... More >>
